The Liberty was originally a cargo steamer built in New Jersey, USA in the early 20th century. She was pressed into service during W.W.II and armed with guns fore and aft. On 11th January 1942 the ship was cruising off the Lombok coast when she was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine causing major damage to the hull, but not sinking. The US Navy decided to try and salvage her and subsequently sent two destroyers to tow her to Bali. However, she was taking on too much water and it was decided to beach her at Tulamben.The wall dive at the eastern end of the bay is also very worthwhile too. Entering close to the rocks the sandy bottom shelves away and the beginning of a wall appear to the divers right. This becomes vertical at around 15 meters with the bottom gradually dropping away into the blue. Coral and marine life concentrations here are very good too. Particularly interesting is a very large (2 meter) purple gorgonian fan coral positioned on the top of the wall when it gets down to 30 meters.